Source: PA
Hughes unconcerned by looming deadline
Mark Hughes is confident he will have enough time before the transfer window closes to bring in the players he wants to Fulham.
While nearly all his Barclays Premier League rivals have had the whole summer to reinforce their squads for the coming season, Hughes will have less than two weeks to assess where he needs to strengthen before the Barclays Premier League kicks off, and less than two weeks after that before the window slams shut.
The 46-year-old, who has been officially unveiled as Fulham boss after signing a two-year contract last week, admits he had taken charge a few weeks later than he would have liked.
But the former Manchester City and Blackburn boss believes he can recruit the reinforcements he needs before the end of the month.
"Ideally, we would've liked to have been in place before the pre-season schedule was undertaken," said Hughes, who plans to establish Fulham as a permanent fixture in the Barclays Premier League top 10.
"But that wasn't possible. We've got two weeks before the start of the season and we've still got another two weeks after that of the window to negotiate as well, so there's still plenty of time."
